Friends often ask the author: If you want to lose weight, is it better to drink raw tea or cooked tea?

To compare whether raw tea or cooked tea has a better weight loss effect, we must first analyze the weight loss mechanism of Pu'er tea. The weight loss and lipid-lowering effects of Pu'er tea mainly come from two factors:

The first is formed by the comprehensive action of multiple active ingredients such as tea polyphenols, chlorophyll, and vitamin C.

The second is the comprehensive effect of a variety of beneficial bacteria formed during the fermentation process (the bacteria can reduce the absorption of triglycerides and sugar in the small intestine and increase enzymes to decompose waist and abdominal fat).

The weight loss effect of raw tea in the early stage (there is no obvious fermentation transformation within 1-2 years of production) comes from factor one. With the natural fermentation transformation during storage (this transformation process occurs very quickly in the high humidity environment in the south, cakes naturally stored for one year will have obvious changes), its weight loss effect gradually begins to be formed by the two factors.

Artificially fermented Pu'er ripe tea uses the above two factors to lose weight and reduce fat.

So overall, fermented Pu'er tea (whether it is artificially fermented cooked tea or self-fermented raw tea) has a better weight-loss and lipid-lowering effect than raw tea produced by a new factory that has not yet begun to transform.

Which one is better, raw tea or cooked tea?

1. Raw tea, like green tea, is cold in nature and should not be consumed by those with a cold stomach or poor intestines! Only cooked tea has the effect of nourishing and protecting the stomach!

2. When it comes to the effect of weight loss, Pu'er tea does have the effect of losing weight. As for whether it is effective, it varies from person to person. I have always advocated treating Pu'er tea rationally. After all, Pu'er tea is not a weight loss drug. Pu'er tea's weight loss function mainly relies on regulating the gastrointestinal tract, thereby enhancing the digestion and absorption of fat, thereby consuming fat, which is commonly known as scraping oil. But for situations where you are not actually fat but just feel fat, Pu'er tea is naturally powerless. At the same time, drinking Pu'er tea requires long-term persistence, and there will be no obvious effects in a short period of time, so don't give up easily because it is ineffective. To use an inappropriate analogy, taking diet pills and drinking Pu'er tea are like taking intravenous drips and taking traditional Chinese medicine. Injecting intravenous drips will heal the disease quickly, but it may not cure the root cause and may have side effects. However, taking traditional Chinese medicine to regulate your body may be slow but it can regulate your body with no or few side effects. I wonder if you can understand this?

3. Because Pu'er tea has the function of regulating the stomach and intestines, thin people can also drink Pu'er tea, which may even help you digest and absorb better, thus making you stronger! In short, drinking Pu'er tea will make you healthier, provided that you drink it in the correct way for a long time.

4. Drinking Pu'er tea to lose weight may reduce fat and change the body shape, but it may not reduce weight! My friend is an example. She has not lost weight, but her waist and hip circumference have become smaller. She has to buy pants again. I am also looking forward to this day.

5. Pu'er tea is indeed not a weight loss drug, nor is it a weight loss product like various industrial products, so you must be rational when looking at Pu'er tea for weight loss! No one can guarantee that people who drink Pu'er tea will definitely lose a few pounds!! But it is undeniable that Pu'er tea does have the effect of losing weight! The efficacy, but the effect will vary from person to person. More importantly, drinking Pu'er tea to lose weight is a healthy weight loss. It will never make you pathologically thin or turn you into Lin Daiyu! Pu'er tea will only make the excess fat on your body disappear, not all fat.

　(Editor: Bonnie)

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